ChatGPT Pro Tip: For Better Results, Let the AI Ask You Questions
Don’t know where to start with prompting ChatGPT, what information to include, or how to organize all the relevant details?
Here’s an expert tip to level up your game: Let the AI interview *you* instead.
Start by outlining your request. Then add the following to your prompt: “Before you respond, ask me 7-10 questions to better understand my context and needs.”
For more complex tasks or projects, ask for up to 20 questions.
The AI will do all the heavy lifting.
It will craft insightful, personalized questions to gather the specifics it needs to tailor its response to your unique situation.
You can then ask follow-up questions, and offer additional details to continue to finetune the output.
🎯 The result? Higher quality responses that are more specific, nuanced, and relevant to your particular use cases and needs.
Plus, by going through this process a few times, you’ll gain insights into the kind of information and details required for the AI to provide better results.
The AI is essentially guiding you on how to prompt it better next time.
See a few examples of this technique in action in the carousel below. I’ve included my initial prompt and the AI’s follow up questions.
Next time you’re prompting ChatGPT, give this strategy a try and let me know how it works for you.
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Don’t know where to start with prompting ChatGPT, what information to include, or how to organize all the relevant details?
Here’s an expert tip to level up your game: Let the AI interview *you* instead.
Start by outlining your request. Then add the following to your prompt: “Before you respond, ask me 7-10 questions to better understand my context and needs.”
For more complex tasks or projects, ask for up to 20 questions.
The AI will do all the heavy lifting.
It will craft insightful, personalized questions to gather the specifics it needs to tailor its response to your unique situation.
You can then ask follow-up questions, and offer additional details to continue to finetune the output.
🎯 The result? Higher quality responses that are more specific, nuanced, and relevant to your particular use cases and needs.
Plus, by going through this process a few times, you’ll gain insights into the kind of information and details required for the AI to provide better results.
The AI is essentially guiding you on how to prompt it better next time.
See a few examples of this technique in action in the carousel below. I’ve included my initial prompt and the AI’s follow up questions.
Next time you’re prompting ChatGPT, give this strategy a try and let me know how it works for you.